The Health Insurance “agrees to revalue” general practitioners, and the increase to 26.5 euros recently intervened “is only a step”, indicated this Monday in an interview with the echoes the director general of the National Health Insurance Fund, Thomas Fatôme.
“I want us to return to the table (…) We agree to update the doctors, and the consultation at 26.50 euros should be just one step”, continues Thomas Fatôme. “And yes, we must reduce the distances between generalists and specialists. We are not going to reproduce the proposals that were made at the beginning of the year, ”he adds.
The “optimistic” Minister of Health
During the negotiations for the first quarter of 2023, whose objective was to redefine medical rates for the next five years, Seguros de Salud had proposed a revaluation of the GP consultation to 30 euros, but only for those who accepted additional conditions to mobilize more time. with patients Among the bunch of commitments proposed, there was therefore the taking of the guard, the opening on Saturday, the exercise in an area with a weak medical presence…
The medical unions had refused this conditional increase, and finally an arbitration agreement prevailed, with the consultation raised to 26.5 euros for all, without conditions. Last week, the Minister of Health, François Braun, also gave signs of openness to resume negotiations and find another text than the arbitration agreement.
Source: BFM TV
